Chapter 735 Formidable Enemy
Two days after the fall of Nixlas' Shadows...",
The sect's former headquarters was still covered in darkness, its surroundings desolate, similar to what would happen in normal situations, given the sect's strength.
Amidst the calm circulating around the newly generated ruins, two humanoid beings passed one entrance to Nixlas' Shadows territory, crossing the area's dark, dense fog.
The two stopped flying in front of the hill where the sect's gigantic headquarters castle should be, where they both felt the powerful aura of death and saw the result of Vicente's actions.
The place now bore battle marks all over its structure, with signs of blade cuts on practically every structure not destroyed by the storm Vicente had generated days ago.
The bodies had rotted, but neither of the two newcomers bothered to cover their noses.
"Someone has totally exterminated them," commented one of the two, while his blood-red eyes were wide open, for the first time in his life seeing a massacre like this happen so close to his home.
They were both from The Ivory Desert, located just a few weeks from this point!
The other vampire looked at the body of the former sect master of Nixlas' Shadows, clenching his fists as he felt what had happened.
"The elements in their bodies have been completely obliterated, along with their souls. Someone strong from the Dark Path came to this place and did to these magicians what we're seeing now," said this Mid-level Paragon, as his colleague finished scanning the area.
"There's no spatial ring on the corpses and I can sense that there's nothing of great value in these ruins. The enemy took everything they could before they left."
"Can you feel your opponent's trail?"
"No. There's something blocking me. This being's Dark Path aura is strong enough to hinder our investigation." The stronger one replied, his expression difficult.
"What are we going to do?"
"We're all going to die, you know that?" Lauren muttered as she looked at Vicente, now with her hands and feet restricted by artifacts capable of blocking the mana in bodies like hers. "As soon as the vampires find out what you've done—and they've probably already found out—they'll send Paragons to investigate and kill us."
Vicente looked at Lauren, sad at the way she was now, but happy that she was by his side. "The vampires are already my enemies, Lauren. What difference does it make if they now have another reason to kill me? And since you recognize that you too will be in their sights, why don't you change your attitude? It would be better for all of us to unite our powers."
"Tsk! I'll never do that! I gave you a chance to work with me. Do you remember that? You rejected me and then attacked me, destroyed my sect and took me as your hostage!" She retorted, the veins in her neck trembling, her face as red as a tomato.
Vicente ignored the droplets of saliva flying from Lauren's mouth amid her angry speech.
"Things were different back then. If I'd known it was you, I would have done something different."
"Humph!"
"Changing the subject, since we're in the same boat, tell me about the agreement your sect had with the vampires. What did you have to do for them? What were you going to get?" Vicente asked seriously.
She was silent for a moment, her face turned towards where she was listening to Vicente's voice, almost as if she was looking him in the eye. She clenched one of her fists, but didn't let her anger at Vicente interfere with what was necessary for her survival.
In the past, she had been valuable to vampires. She was a precious weapon in the vampire cause. However, with the fall of Nixlas' Shadows, her value had changed.
Some vampire would surely rather steal her ability sucking her blood than let her go free.
Thinking about how to keep her life, she answered Vicente after a few moments of thought. "Our agreement with the vampires was an alliance between equals. The vampires would give us resources they obtained from the continent's great cultivators, while we would kill targets chosen by the vampires.
We were to share information, warn each other of dangers, and act together to neutralize threats to both sides.
The vampires wouldn't enter our territory as long as we followed their rules and we wouldn't betray their trust. Ultimately, they would help us steal the Congregation of Revelations' ancient method of cultivation."
"Oh? What are you talking about?" Vicente narrowed his eyes, noticing something important.
